Burning-in and running-in machine



Feb. 27, 1923. F. DANIELSON.

BURNING-IN AND RUNNING-IN MACHINE.

2 SHEETS-SHEET Z.

FILED MAY 8. 1920.

i bythe :shaft 1013s' i ,Patented Fel. 27, 1923.

essentie me sete-Item f y"useful Improvement 'in Burning-1n andy scription 'reference being had to the l accomf' 10 panying drawings 'forming a part of this The -'object of this invention is to Provide a machine l'of cient operation for burning-in the bearings 15 ofilii't'ernalfcombustion engines and for run-1 "ni'n'g-in to tliinloei lthe bearings and detect' any voil'leakage at the joints of the casing.

flbeinventiomaho zhas for its object ythe provision of novel means for relieving the Zomachine and th'e @engine from excessive.-

strains and shocks When' power .is initially ai'tthe vrota- With-i.

applied-"in burning-in, andfto st n tion of `the engine-'shaft' in the bearings Vfsii'iiple construction and@ eiii fain Vengine shaft i(i'iclitSliOlv'vIi) ""to'ldivethe Y latter,A A suitable clutch; fis" fprovidedffor "Ta supp ortv shaft 'and fn 'the drawings I-ihavefshown form foffenclosef'li clutch fcomprisingfa shell 13 carried bly/faisleeve I14C loose -on.I thesliaft. Af plurality of clutch jaws. 15 'are guided in 16 @carried "by afsleeve 17 l. which is mounted on vei'a'te the clutch shoes :,tliroughaatoggle,.eolilengthwise on the 'sleeve 117.. byf'aiifoperating out damage tothe machine crtotheengine.

Further. objects of the invention-are to,

burn-in and run-in bearings uniformly to.;

degrees; to start the certain predetermined loose the burning-in operation and break loadawhen ythe bearings `are screwed dovvinL 30sufiiciently2 .to give a perfect surface When". the. operations are completed, by an action.

. .resembling a hammer blow at the vmoment 'of applying thea-power ,which enables afsmall motorto be used,v which avoidsexcessive A szstrain'sVand which will prolong the life of :the inaehine,.`the engine 'and equipment. Y

v.In the accompanying drawings illustrating a selected embodiment of the inve-ng tionfu y 40.1", Fig. v1 Lis ant-op 'plan view partly Vinsec-vv y .y 1. .v

"apparent that thais/heft Wlll.-.,St1tk-thttt1n tion;. y

,Fig,r2 is a vertical sectional-View; f g y .y i Fig. 3 is a transverse sectionalvvievv on the y line` 3-73 l(if/Fig. 2;

line 4.-4 of Fig. 2;

4 is a transverse sectional viewmonthe 1 .in-the yabsence of `any l. f machine'. and the engine.; will bfe sub,

, Figi 5 .isla toprplan View ofthefparts,

shown in iiigfiz, l

. "Fig. .6 is' atran'sverse sectionalfview on' 50 Atlie line-flof Fig. 2f; 'and Fig. .a ,top -plan vie shown l.iiiFigy 6,

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"inillty nections -19,-

The: clutch sleeve lever 20'. connected:-ltvithflthefclutehusleeve through the arm21 and Vlinks22, A23; tawill be noted that Athe shell/113, 14 constitutes 'the driving member kof the clutch and the/parts., 15to 18,incl'ulsive,constitute,the dltY'en exffi pending .e n tiembery Lof the, clutch whereby autoiiiob'les and Ysi'iiteble f..ewwlflne y t0 Streit down-title" ear.: ings sufficiently to.ai r0vde Peri-fet Werking "Surface when the; burning-in.- @nderunnnef-in entretiens `are ttmplttttt f then; t0

1011 lesseenertl- Practice' etqthe. :uresettj time te arrange .the partly esSemb-1edfnsntin a .Operate rthe engine stattet ittomptittttly low rate of speed to burn-in the Akwali-in gs to upon initial application `ol fpovvfer and v corrective .me

unusual "and excessive strains fiivhieli'fare "ap't dvantge of invention .seeks to elet the Principle ...0f .'Lthebtm. :er leasing" htlftiwmjtht b;

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t. .proper stftttf Whitt the-englt @Orff- 490 .-Pltelitssembltd and; rttrtenetdeli ime- .chi andthe ,engine battage@ epe tesi 1n oil; -to 'limber the bearings .disco U any 1 dill-leakage. yWhen the `be?,ringsYy,ar A l tighiytiimped. 'upnihe LSii-regie 111.` be 95 ens fthe the.

Gon iio y Y shown) from any suitable sourceand the pul ley and the clutch shell, constituting one mem- Y arranged between stop lugs 28, 29 on the pulley,` the lugs 27, 28, 29 being preferablydisposed substantially opposite to the.V lugs.v 2 5, 26 and the interposed spring 24. `Power is applied. to the pulley throughgt belt (not Y bei' of the clutch, revolve freely upontlie shaft until the other member of the clutch, is thrown in by operating the levcr20. lf the bearings of the internal combustion engine have been tightly clamped upon the engine shaft a very great amount of'power is ordinari-ly required to break loose the loa-don the bearings,l the exact amount depending upon the fit of the bearings on the engine shaft, when the-clutch is thrownV in, but with my invention the Y torque Ycommunicated through the pulley is applied gradually through the clutch to the shaft l()l andthe engine shaft untilthe ham,-

iner blow takes place and between t-he throwing-in of the clutch and the full speed .operation of the-shaft l an interval of time i VVfelapses. during which the stress is compara- Itively slowly increased on the engine shaftv to aid in breaking loose the load thereon,

' until the hammer blow is applied, this completing the breaking loose of the load on fjthe shaft.` J i i j' Thesel results are accomplished by interposing one or more relief springs 24 between stop lugs on the driving clutch member land ther pulley which Venable 4the pulley to "continue its full speed operation wliilethe clutch-is coming upto'this full speed by degrees. When power is firstapplied the lug 26 approaching lug 25 compresses spring 24 to yieldingly apply the torque to the en gine shaft and then suddenly lug 27 on the Vclutch shell strikes lug 28 on the pulley inember witha smart hammer blow which breaks j loose the engine shaft fromY the load created rotating.

by'theclamped bearings and starts the shaft lTo give a signal when the operation is completed l provide cams' 30 on ring 3 07 secured tothe pulley hub and adapted to en'- AV gagel camsl on hub 82 of an indicator y Y 1 .keyed upon the` sleeve Y14C Vof Vthe driving clutch.

member 32Vwhich is keyed to a collar 33 member whereby the indica-tor mem- :ber is movable longitudinally of the shaftglO.

'abledevice may be emplo c Springs 34Cl arefastened to the indicator 5 5 member and to theapulley to .hold the :indicator member in position for its cams 31 to engage the cams SO'on the pulley. Any suitedy to be operated by the indicator member for indicating that the burning-in or the running-in operation has been completed, and vwhen thus warned 1;.ihe0pe-rator wiii immediately.

chine, thereby insuring uniformity of the,

"c work. In the construction shown Y an arm postoned'n such relati` n to the stop the ma- I provide Vthe shaft to communicate indicator member that an operator can readily tell by the position of the indicator member relative to the arm when the operation is completed. I i also provide in connection with the arm 35. or as a separate signal7 a simple electric bell indicator which com- Y prises an alarmv bell 36, a battery 37, a spring-pressed contactrSS adaptedto be en" kgaged by the clutch control lever 2G,v and another spring-pressed contact 39 adaptcd'to be engaged by the indicator member 32. A

conductor 40 leads from Vthe contactV 88' through the battery 37 and bell 36 to the contact 39. Y Tliecontacts are insulated from the frame on which they are mounted in any suitable position and in any suitablefmanner, The contact 38 is preferably located at a distance from the control lever so that the indicator or signal circuit. will not be closed until at or about the completion of the whole throwing-iii strokel of 'the control lever. As the operation continues to completion and the load resistance decreases'spring 2st will gradually expand and permit rela.-

tive movement of the pulley andtheclutch member until the indicator member 32 has beenmoved outward, to the left in Figs. l`

tion, it comprises comparatively few parts and it operates ei'liciently and automatically to burn-in and to run-in enginefbearings.` It provides for overcoming the dead load on the engine shaft due tothe clampedbearlings in a. simple and effective manner which relieves the machine and the engine of-sh'ock and strains and it automatically indicates when the operation is completed so that the work may be done vunifor'i'nly withoutspecial skill.

Changes in the form7 proportion and ar# rangement of parts may be made inthe ma#V chine for various purposes and for'various reasons Vand 'I would have it understood that 'I Vreserve the right to make vall such changes as fairly fall within the scope' of the following claims.

I claim: j .1

l. In a machine ofthe-character described', the combination of a bed frame, a shaft mounted thereon, ardriving pulley mounted to revolve freely on the shaft, a clutch on powerv from the pulley to the shaft and comprising a driving member, a spring to form an operative d connection between the-pulley and thedriv y they combination of a bed` frame, a shaft Y mounted thereon, a driving pulley mounted t0 revolve freely on the shaft, a clutch on the shaft to communicate power from they pulley to the shaft and comprising a driving member, a. lug on the driving member, a lug on the pulley, between said lugs and cooperating means on said pulley and said clutch to impart a sudden impact to said shaft.

3. VIn a machine ofthe character described, the combination of a bed frame, a shaft mounted thereon, a driving pulley mount ed to revolve freely on the shaft,V a on the shaft to communicate comprising a driving member, a spring yinterposed bet-ween said pulley and driving member, lugs on the pulley, and a lug on the driving member adapted to be engaged lby one of the lugs on the pulley when the spring is compressed.

4. In a machine of the character described, the combination `of a bed frame, a shaft mounted thereon, a driving pulley mounted to revolve freely on the shaft, a clutch tol communicate power from the pulley to the shaft, cams on thev pulley, an indicator, a member associated with said clutch, and cams on said member to cooperate with the cams on` the pulley for moving said member longitudinally of the shaft to operate said indicator. Y Y, a

5. In amachine of the character described, the combina-tion of a bed frame, a shaft mounted thereon, a driving pulley mountedV to revolve freely on the' shaft, a clutch to communicate power from the pulley to the shaft, cams on the pulley, an indicator, a member yieldingly connected with the pulley, and cams on the said member to cooperate with the cams on the pulley for moving said member longitudinally of the shaft to operate said indicator.

6. In a machine of the character described,v the combination of a bed frame, a shaft mounted thereon,` a driving pulley mounted to revolve freely on said shaft, a clutch to communicate power from thepulley to the shaft, cams on thel pulley, -an indicator, a member mounted to revolve with 'an element of said clutch and provided with cams to cooperate with the cams on the pulley to move said member longitudinallyl of said shaft1 upon a relative rotational movement of said pulley and element to operate said indicator.

a spring interposedV 7 In a. machine of the character described, V

a shaft, a pulley mounted to revolve freely thereon, a clutch member yieldingly connected with saidy pulley and communicating power to: said shaft, an indicator,` a meinber mounted for rotational movement with saidl clutch member and co-oper-` atingy cams on said pulley kand indicaf tor whereby said .member lmoves longif tudinally of saidvshaft upon a relative ro-r tational movement of said pulley and said clutch member tovo-perate said indicatory 8. In a machine of the character described, a shaft, a `driving member rotating on said shaft, a drivenmember, a resilient connection between said members to impart rota#` tion to said. driven member, an indicator, ay

member mounted for krotation with said driven member 'and cooperating cams on said driving member and said member,

whereby said member isv moved longitudi- Y nallv of said shaft upon the relative rotai tionf of said driving and driven members to operate said indica-tonv- 9. In a machine of thecharacter described, a shaft, 'a member adapted to rotate on said shaft and means for transmitting .power from said member to said shaft, comprising a member mounted to rotate with said shaft, a resilientl connection between said members and a lugv onv said .first member adapted to strike a stop on said last member to impart a sudden impact toI said shaft.

l0. InV a machine of the character de-V scribed, a shaft, a member adapted to` rotate on said shaft and vmeans for transmitting power from said member to said'shaft, 'comprising a membermounted tojrotate with said shaft, .a compression spring forming a drive between said members anda lug on said first member adapted to strike a stop on said last memberv toimpart a sudden impact to said shaft when said spring is'par.k

tially compressed. l

11. In a machine `of the character de scribed, a shaft, a member adapted to Arotate on said lshaft and means A for transmitting power from said member to said shaft, comprising a member mounted torotate with said shaft, a connection between said members providing for relative rotation between said members and a. lug on said first member adapted to strike a stopon said .last member to impart a sudden Aimpact toV said shaft after limitedrelative rotation of said members.y 1

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this 4th day ofMay, A. D. 1920.

FRANK DANiELsoN. 7 

